Once upon a time, in a far away land, their was a beautiful princess, locked up in one of tallest towers ever. She lived in the tower all her life, due to being locked up their by the evil witch. She waited every day and every night for her prince charming to come to her saviour. The one day, a handsome prince on a white horse road up to her tower and climbed up the tower to save her. He grabbed her by the hand, took her to safety, and they both lived happily ever after.  

Yeah, the only thing is that happily ever after is actually the name of the cottage I live in with my dad, Prince Charming, and not all the princesses live their, their isn't enough room. You see, me and my dad have lived in once upon a time since I was 5 when my mum died. When we first moved here everyone loved my dad, he had women swooning all over him. Then, one day when dad was walking through the forest he came across a beautiful woman trapped in a deep sleep surrounded by dwarfs. The dwarfs told him if he kissed her she would come back to life, he kissed her and next thing I knew she was walking around telling me "I'm not here to replace your mum, I'm going to be like a new mum". Then one thing led to another and before I knew it, dad was bringing home different women almost every night, none of them every stayed longer than one night and all were damsels in distress.

Most mornings when I wake up their is some beautiful girl sitting at my breakfast bar, I used to be polite to them, smile, ask them about how they met dad and try to get along with them. However, when I turned 16 it all got a bit old, now I'm 17 (18 in 2 days may I add) and I just can't be bothered with them anymore. They're all the same, just here because dad is 'Prince Charming' and every girl in Once Upon a Time wants to be with him. Dad never wants anyone though, one girl stayed for two nights once but when dad eventually got her to leave he told her 'he would call' and in true Prince Charming fashion, he never called. 

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"So, no girl this morning dad?" I teased him as I grabbed breakfast.

"She's in the shower" dad replied with a mouthful of fruit and fibre.

"Ah, I see, so where did you find this one?" I didn't really care about dads girlfriends but breakfast was usually the only time I saw him so I felt obligated to ask him.

"She was drowning in the river."

"Shame you couldn't leave her their"

"Candance" he turned to me with a tern face "this is my job sweetie, I don't get to pick and choose the girls.

"Have you ever thought about, I don't know becoming an accountant?"

"A what?" dad looked at me, bewildered.

"An accountant, its what a job people do in 'the real world'"

"Candace, how many times do I have to tell you? The real world doesn't exist, their is no metropolitan cities or trains or business people. This is the real world, the one we live in"

"Dad, their is a real world"

"Candace don't be like this"

"Whatever" I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl "I'll see you after school".

As I went to leave the house I could hear footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Hi! Hello!" I rolled my eyes to the door before turning around with a faux smile.

"Hi" I replied to the blonde bombshell running towards me, she was tall and slim as most of them usually are, however, she looked older, close to 30 maybe.

"Hi! I'm Ella, Ella Enchanted" always any original name in Once Upon a Time.

"I'm Candace, and I'm late" I smiled at her before turning towards the door, I went to reach for the door but she grabbed my arm before I had a chance to leave.

"I know, I'm your dad's friend, he told me about you. What are you doing after school? Can I take you shopping?"

"No thank you, I doubt you'll still be here when I get home anyway." I smiled at her before turning back to the door and leaving. 

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